Top Software Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

Leads enterprise-wide architecture and complex software initiatives across digital pharmacy, fulfillment, and patient-care platforms. Designs scalable distributed systems, high-volume APIs, and reliable data architectures using AWS, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript. Mentors senior engineers, establishes engineering standards, drives performance and security improvements, evaluates technologies, and ensures HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance. Partners with product, engineering, pharmacy operations, and security teams while serving as a technical escalation point.

Lead the architecture and modernization of a complex enterprise SaaS platform while remaining hands-on with critical software design and development. Define technical direction, improve scalability, reliability, security, performance, and maintainability, and guide design and code reviews. Partner across engineering and product teams, resolve complex technical challenges, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, and translate architectural strategy into practical delivery.

Design and build shared backend platforms for Textio’s products. Develop scalable cloud-based distributed systems, infrastructure-as-code, reliability and cost-measurement tools, and production services. Break down ambiguous requirements into executable work, define KPIs, maintain a large Python codebase, collaborate across engineering teams, and mentor teammates on operating services at scale.

Designs, develops, tests, audits, troubleshoots, and improves scalable software applications for new business initiatives. Owns technical solutions from conception through deployment, works in an Agile environment, mentors engineers, performs code reviews, recommends technology choices, and drives continuous improvement while collaborating with stakeholders.

Designs and implements enterprise AWS solutions for contact centers, primarily using Amazon Connect and Salesforce Service Cloud Voice. Responsibilities include developing integrations, configuring cloud services, advising on technical requirements, leading development teams, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting, documenting solutions, and training users. The role requires programming proficiency, AWS architecture knowledge, infrastructure automation, CI/CD experience, and the ability to lead technical delivery with minimal direction.

Lead software engineering teams and complex client engagements delivering AI-first, cloud-native applications. Manage 5–8 technical direct reports, own requirements, architecture, backlogs, technical decisions, testing, risk escalation, and executive client communications. Partner with architects, engineers, project managers, sales, and stakeholders on discovery, delivery, modernization, integrations, and pre-sales. Mentor team members and contribute hands-on to AWS and AI-enabled software development.

Leads end-to-end solution design and technical delivery across enterprise insurance applications, including policy administration, billing, ECM, and underwriting systems. Guides development teams, validates technical designs, drives integration consistency, partners with business and architecture stakeholders, mitigates technical risk, and improves system reliability, scalability, and technical quality.

Lead architecture and hands-on development for risk, fraud, scam prevention, money operations, reconciliations, and chargebacks. Build resilient, low-latency, event-driven financial systems with auditable ledgers, strong correctness, and high availability. Mentor engineers, establish technical direction, support production ownership, and collaborate with Product, Data/ML, Compliance, and engineering leaders. Apply AI-assisted tooling and deliver scalable, compliant services across global payment infrastructure.

Lead the 0-to-1 architecture, development, testing, and launch of Riverside Insights’ Reach platform and next-generation CogAT assessment. Build and manage a 6–10 engineer team, make build-versus-buy decisions, oversee AWS infrastructure and regulated-data compliance, lead customer migration, and translate product roadmaps into technical execution. The role is hands-on, requiring active coding, full-stack fluency, AI-native development, cross-functional partnership, and senior leadership communication.

Develop and maintain Python backend services, primarily with Flask, while designing scalable architecture and integrating legacy systems. Build AWS solutions using Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SQS, and DynamoDB; maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code with OpenTofu and Terraform. Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment, contribute to technical decisions and engineering standards, review code, and mentor junior developers.